Classic Technology

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CRI&P train, engine number 630, engine type EMD E6 Train #8, Rocky Mountain Rocket; 6 cars, 70 MPH. Photographed: west of Limon, Colo., November 29, 1942.

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Burlington Northern E-9’s at 21st Chicago IL 1974 by Mark LLanuza on Flickr.

Caption: “It’s 1974 with Burlington Northern E9’s on a transfer run at 21st Street bridge. In the early 70’s the BN had extra E-units and ran them on freights around Chicago.”

Chicago

1974

Photo by Mark Llanuza

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South Shore Line

Michigan City, Indiana

May 26, 1979

Photo by John Smatlak

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SP train, engine number 4428, engine type 4-8-4 Train #97, Noon Daylight; 13 cars. Photographed: Los Angeles, Cal., August 1, 1940.

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“Daylight” parlor observation car 2950, on train. Photographed: San Luis Obispo, Cal., July 26, 1937.

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Oklahoma City, 28 NOV'70

Sending the birdies flying, Santa Fe southbound #15, the “Texas Chief”, crosses the North Canadian River shortly after departing the Santa Fe’s art deco depot in downtown OKC. The F-unit arrangement was typical, although U28cg or U30cg models from GE were favored for this train as well. It still ran pretty long in these months just before Amtrak, with coaches, a diner, full length dome and two sleepers. I rode it a few times before Amtrak took over and it was classy to the end. And as a side note. to Santa Fe this was a “westbound” train, although the route to the Texas Gulf from Newton, Kansas, definitely took a southward route and even bent southeast before arriving at Galveston!

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Vespa Taxi, Italy, 1952.

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Airite Radio 30s

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"Kultur in Heim." Tweeted by Cory Doctorow.

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Under more ordinary circumstances, the cover of our Anniversary Issue—marking 92 years—would feature some version of the monocled dandy Eustace Tilley. This year, as a response to the opening weeks of the Trump Administration, particularly the executive order on immigration, we feature John W. Tomac’s dark, unwelcoming image, “Liberty’s Flameout.” 

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[danismm]

1953 .. Admiral Television ad via James Vaughan

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PC 4936 (GG-1) Train 128 The Silver Star at Seabrook, MD on March 23, 1969 by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: A Roger Puta photograph

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SCL Champion ready to go in 1971 by Tom Pavluvcik Via Flickr: It is approaching 9:20 AM as the Seaboard Coast Line Champion, approximately eight cars long led by E8A locomotive 577 (formerly in ACL service) readies for departure from the St. Petersburg depot on March 3, 1971. J. Howard Audibert photo, courtesy Kevin Pytlak collection

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The Champion leaves the St. Petersburg depot In 1971 by Tom Pavluvcik Via Flickr: It’s 9:20 AM on March 3, 1971, and the northbound Champion has left the Seaboard Coast Line depot. Making lots of diesel smoke, it is almost beneath the 34th Street North overpass. J. Howard Audibert photo, courtesy Kevin Pytlak collection

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The Champion heads out from St. Petersburg in 1959 by Tom Pavluvcik Via Flickr: Led by E6 locomotive 515, the ACL Champion passes St. Petersburg’s 16th Street neighborhood on its way to the North in 1959. Courtesy ACL/SAL Historical Society